This book looks at the rights-conscious society in which we live, and reveals the impact of two competing worldviews: Christianity and secularism. The Christian worldview says that universal rights depend upon God, not the supposed goodness of man.

Almost all Americans have heard
the phrase “separation of church
and state.” It has been used as
something of a club to “beat down” and
eliminate Christianity from public places,
including symbols (like crosses), Bible reading and prayer in public schools,
and the teaching of creation in science classes.

Now, where does the phrase “separation of church and state” come
from? It is not a part of the original U.S. Constitution of 1787, as most
people falsely believe, or in any of its amendments. In reality, the idea
of a “wall of separation” between church and state came from a private
letter from President Thomas Jefferson, and it has
sadly been misused to slowly, but surely, eliminate
Christianity from the public sector—and replace
it with an anti-God religion.

The Establishment Clause in the First Amendment
was intended to protect the church from the
(federal) government, not the government from
the church. Therefore, no “national” church or
religion is allowed to be established by the federal
government.

I will highlight key words of the First Amendment:

Congress shall make no law respecting an
establishment of religion, or prohibiting the
free exercise thereof . . . .

Today, secular scholars have turned the so-called “wall” metaphor completely on its head.

You can see that the “separation of church and
state” phrase is nowhere in the Amendment (or
the rest of the Constitution). The 1802 letter from Jefferson
was sent to the Danbury Baptist Association in Connecticut
in response to the group’s letter to him. Jefferson was trying to assure
the Baptists that the federal government would never be permitted to
interfere with the church. In fact, in
his letter, Jefferson states:

Believing with you that religion is
a matter which lies solely between
man & his god, that he owes
account to none other for his
faith or his worship, that the
legitimate powers of government
reach actions only, and not opinions,
I contemplate with sovereign
reverence that act of the whole
American people which declared
that their legislature should make
no law respecting an establishment
of religion, or prohibiting the free
exercise thereof, thus building a
wall of separation between church
and state.1

Today, secular scholars have lifted
the Danbury letter out of its entire
historical context and have turned
the so-called “wall” metaphor completely
on its head.

This would have been an entirely foreign and unintended concept to the Founding Fathers.

“Separation of church and state” is
now used to protect the government
from the influence of the church—establishing a policy of freedom
“from” religion, which in reality has
become “separation of Christianity
and state.” This would have been
an entirely foreign and unintended
concept to the Founding Fathers.

Sadly, most
Americans (Christians included) have
also been duped into believing that
the so-called “separation of church
and state” requires eliminating the
Christian God and creating a neutral
situation. But there is no such
position as neutrality. Indeed, one
is either for Christ or against Him
(Matthew 12:30)!

The religion of naturalism (atheism)
has been imposed on the public
education system, and on the culture
as a whole. For instance, science
textbooks in the public schools now
typically define science as naturalism
(atheism):

In keeping with this pronouncement,
these books teach molecules-to-man evolution, based only on
unproven natural processes, as fact!
In other words, they have eliminated
the supernatural and replaced it with
naturalism. In reality, they have
eliminated the Christian worldview
and replaced it with a secular,
atheistic one!

Sadly, because many Christians
have falsely believed that there can
be a neutral position, and have also
been duped regarding the so-called
“separation of church and state,”
they are not prepared to boldly and
unashamedly stand on the Word
of God as they confront issues like
abortion, “gay” marriage, racism, etc.
By shrinking back, believers have
allowed the secularists to impose
their anti-God atheistic religion on
the public schools—and the culture
as a whole.